Alfred Merz
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Alfred Merz | |
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| Born | 24 January 1880 Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria, Austria |
| Died | 16 August 1925 (aged 45) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geography, oceanography |
| Institutions | Institute of Marine Science, Berlin |
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Alfred Merz (24 January 1880 – 16 August 1925) was an Austrian geographer, oceanographer and director of the Institute of Marine Science in Berlin. He died of pneumonia in Buenos Aires while on an expedition to survey the South Atlantic and is buried in Perchtoldsdorf.[1][2] Merz Peninsula is named after him.
Literary works
[edit | edit source]- Hydrographische Untersuchungen im Golf von Triest, 1911
- Die Oberflächentemperatur der Gewässer, 1920
- Die atlantische Vertikalzirkulation, 1922-1933 (with Georg Wüst)
Other readings
[edit | edit source]- Writings about exploration with the German research vessel Meteor, completed by Albert Josef Maria Defant
References
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- ^ Great People of Perchtoldsdorf Verified 2011-01-24.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Overview of Lectures by Alfred Merz from the University of Leipzig (1906).
- Newspaper clippings about Alfred Merz in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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- 1880 births
- 1925 deaths
- Geographers from Austria-Hungary
- 20th-century explorers
- Austrian explorers
- Austrian geographers
- Austrian oceanographers
- Austrian expatriates in Germany
- Austrian expatriates in Brazil
- People from Mödling District
- Deaths from pneumonia in Argentina
- 20th-century Austrian geographers
- Explorers from Austria-Hungary
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